Deck 1: The Meaning of Marriage and the Family

Question 1

The status we are given in society is first acquired through our

A) education.
B) employment.
C) families.
D) own efforts.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which demographic profile is most likely to support diverse family formations?

A) A white male who is 40 years old
B) A devoutly religious person who attends services regularly
C) Pew Research respondents known as rejecters
D) An unmarried woman who is 20 years old

Answer 2

D

Question 3

According to the text, the functions of the family may include all of the following except:

A) assignment of social roles and status.
B) socialization of children.
C) acting as a unit of economic cooperation and consumption.
D) caring for extended family.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Sue is Kay's mother-in-law. Their relationship is

A) conjugal.
B) consanguineous.
C) affiliative.
D) fictive.

Question 5

To conservatives, cultural values have shifted from _____ toward ________.

A) morality; immorality
B) immorality; morality
C) individual self-sacrifice; personal self-fulfillment
D) personal self-fulfillment; individual self-sacrifice

Question 6

The "Modern Family Effect" is the argument that

A) changing cultural and moral norms has allowed more diverse family styles to develop for the first time in American history.
B) a television show based on a same-sex couple's daily life has made its audience more accepting of difference.
C) the family functions more liberally when there is enhanced technological opportunity.
D) media influences religious beliefs and church attitudes toward social changes.

Question 7

All the people living in a housing unit makes up a household.

Question 8

The family in which we grow up is known as the

A) family of orientation.
B) family of cohabitation.
C) family of procreation.
D) traditional family.

Question 9

Unrelated individuals who feel and are treated as if they were relatives comprise an individual's:

A) fictive kin.
B) endearing family.
C) clan.
D) compadres.

Question 10

The family most Americans consider to be traditional is a family where both the husband and wife work outside of the home full-time.

Question 11

A group of two or more persons related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together is the definition of

A) family used by all sociologists.
B) family used by the US Census Bureau.
C) affiliated kin used by sociologists.
D) traditional family used by sociologists.

Question 12

According to Pew Research respondents which groups were the most similar in political views relating to changes in family structure?

A) Accepters and rejecters
B) Accepters and skeptics
C) Rejecters and skeptics
D) Rejecters and liberals

Question 13

According to William Goode, families provide all of the following advantages except

A) continuity.
B) proximity.
C) familiarity.
D) protection.

Question 14

What most determines the decisions we make about what families need?

A) The perspectives we have about the current status of family life or the directions in which it is heading.
B) Our view of how the family has evolved into what it is today.
C) Our conclusions about the problems families have faced in the past.
D) Our view of the importance of family functions.

Question 15

The shaping of individual behavior to conform to social or cultural norms is referred to as

A) acculturation.
B) socialization.
C) societal imaging.
D) cultural modeling.

Question 16

Compared to whites, African Americans tend to express more conservative attitudes toward which  family issues?

A) Premarital sex
B) Spanking
C) Gay marriage
D) All of these are family issues on which African Americans express more conservative attitudes than whites.

Question 17

What is meant by the term "modified extended family"?

A) This is a family that functions as an extended family even though they may not live in the same household.
B) This is an extended family that includes a minimum of five generations within a household.
C) This is a family of adults only and no children. It functions primarily as an economic unit.
D) This is a family that is entirely fictive and affiliated and does not involve consanguineous relationships.

Question 18

Affiliated kin is defined as related individuals with whom we have little contact.

Question 19

In 1967, the US Supreme court ruled in the case of Loving v. Virginia and decided that it was unconstitutional for states to

A) prohibit interracial marriage.
B) determine age restrictions for marriage.
C) prohibit same-sex marriage.
D) deny the right of cousins to marry.

Question 20

The _____ system is the social organization of the family.

A) kinship
B) familial
C) relational
D) clan

Question 21

A marriage system that is quite rare throughout world cultures is

A) monogamy.
B) polygamy.
C) polygyny.
D) polyandry.

Question 22

In the United States, same-sex couples can legally marry in

A) only states that have passed laws in favor of same-sex marriage.
B) in all 50 states.
C) Ohio and New York only.
D) churches but not in courthouses.

Question 23

As society has become more industrialized and impersonal, families have decreased in importance as a source of intimacy.

Question 24

Write an essay discussing the US Supreme Court ruling of Obergefell vs. Hodges. Make sure to include significant rights and recognitions.

Question 25

The most widely practiced marital arrangement worldwide is

A) polygamy.
B) monogamy.
C) bigamy.
D) modified polygamy.

Question 26

Diane and Jim are married to each other and live together with their two biological children. This group meets the definition of

A) fictive kin.
B) affiliated kin.
C) a nuclear family.
D) an extended family.

Question 27

List and discuss the four basic functions of family.

Question 28

At one time it was illegal for African Americans to marry in the United States because they were regarded as property.

Question 29

Most families in the United States are traditional nuclear families.

Question 30

Through which court case did same-sex marriage become legal in the United States?

A) Roe v. Wade
B) Plessy v. Ferguson
C) Brown v. Board of Education
D) Obergefell v. Hodges

Question 31

The most commonly preferred marital arrangement for numerous countries in the Middle East is called

A) monogamy.
B) serial monogamy.
C) polygyny.
D) polyandry.

Question 32

Social networking and technology has changed the American family.

Question 33

One of the themes in your text is that families are diverse. Write an essay describing this diversity.

Question 34

The number of multigenerational families in the United States is increasing.

Question 35

Describe monogamy and polygamy, and the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Question 36

Monogamy is the preferred marital arrangement worldwide.

Question 37

Which statement is true concerning the perception of weaker family ties in the United States?

A) This is a recent phenomenon unique to the United States.
B) This recent phenomenon is consistent nearly all over the world.
C) Other industrialized countries report stronger family ties while developing countries report weaker family ties.
D) Other industrialized countries report similar opinions while developing countries report stronger family ties.

Question 38

List and discuss the attitudes toward changes in family living.

Question 39

The study of marriage and family is personal, not abstract.

Question 40

______  permits a woman to be impregnated by a sperm donor.

A) Fostering
B) Adoption
C) Artificial insemination
D) Embryonic transplants